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Ben D.

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Founder and CEO at FORTIFIED
📍 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Ben D. is the Founder and CEO of FORTIFIED, where he champions the FinOps movement to bring financial accountability to IT spending. An author and innovator in efficiency-driven systems, he holds a FinOps certification and is described by peers as an "elite technologist" and a "guru" in database performance.

He is an active member of the Entrepreneurs Organization, having served as a Finance Chair for the Charlotte chapter. Bens interests extend to professional partnerships and great barbecue, which he considers one of the two things he takes seriously, alongside great technology.

He once held a book signing for his tech publication, “End of Abundance in Tech, ” at a local barbecue restaurant.

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Experience
30 Years
Current Role
Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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FinOps
A self-described "FinOps Pioneer, " he is building a movement to align engineering, operations, and finance to drive accountability for IT spending.
Technology Efficiency
Authored the book “End of Abundance in Tech” and is on a mission to make efficiency the new measure of success for scaling technology.
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Career

Work history

1-2022
Founder and CEO
FORTIFIED
6-2017
Finance Chair
Entrepreneurs'​ Organization
2-2016
Member
Entrepreneurs'​ Organization
1-2002
Founder and CEO
Fortified Data
6-2001 - 12-2001
Senior DBA
Fidelity Investments
In the press

Media appearances

Ben DeBow | CEO at Fortified - Forbes Books. Featured in Forbes Books
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Education
BA
University of Cincinnati
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Moeller High
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